While this is true SOMETIMES (I’m looking at you paleo lemon bars!) it’s actually usually the recipes that I think are gonna be EASY PEASY that take me the longest/most tries.

Straight up facts: we ate these healthy chicken nuggets 5 times in one week. <– Liiike, ALMOST every single day for dinner.

Not gonna lie though, it wasn’t really hard to venture back into the land of my childhood (with an adult FLAVAH twist of course) for 5 days. Can chicken nugs (what I call them) really ever DO YOU WRONG?

Obviously, considering I had to test them 5 times, they CAN.

But you aren’t supposed to acknowledge that. 😉

Anyway. These low carb keto paleo baked chicken nuggets in the air fryer? SO CRISPY. SO CRUNCHY and SO JUICY on the inside!

How to make air fried chicken:

It’s actually the same as making oil-fried chicken just, obviously, without almost all of the oil. Simple chose your dredging (we’re using coconut flour) dip the chicken in egg (or egg white) and then into your crunchy coating. Then you just have to pop them into a mesh air fryer basket, spray with a TOUCH of cooking spray and cook for 10 minutes or so, making sure you flip halfway so that both sides get that CRUNCHY YUMS!

Can I make these nuggets into air fryer chicken tenders?

Yes, you can! The only difference would be to cut your chicken into bigger strips (or use the actual bought tenders) and cook them 2-3 minutes more per side. I would recommend cutting into one before serving.

You know. To make sure you’re not gonna kill your family. Just a forewarning

If you don’t have an air fryer though?

How to cook chicken nuggets in the oven:

Follow all the coating steps for the nuggets. But then, place the nuggets on a WELL greased cooling rack that has legs, place the cooling rack on a cookie sheet, and spray the nuggets with cooking spray. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Flip, spray again and cook for another 10-12 minutes until crispy!

EASY.

In usual “Taylor style” I made this gluten free chicken nuggets recipe with an “Adulty” Asian T-W-I-S-T.

Don’t worry. Kids love them too. Mr. FFF did and, considering he would eat cereal for every meal and be happy, AND he kept trying to dip these low carb chicken nuggets in ketchup, he basically has kid taste buds.

I mean, I LOVE ketchup, but this creamy, spicy-sweet almond butter dip?

BETTER.

Especially considering the coated-in-sesame-seed-satiation that we find our dinner-making-selves in.